Essays on Bacteria

What are archaeans? Archaea were discovered in the early 1970s. Similar to bacteria they are single-celled prokaryotes. Archaeans DNA structure places it in a separate kingdom. There is still much about archaeans that are not known. What we do know is that most of them...

“Tinea pedis” or popularly known as athlete’s foot is a common a fungal infection of the skin of the foot—normally found between the toes—caused by parasitic fungi called “trichophyton”. This skin condition is considered common to people ages 15 and above. Although some symptoms may...

Did you know, bacteria are a living and thriving species? “There are over ten million different types of bacteria! They can live within soil, in the ocean, or inside the human gut”. I am very interested in seeing what type of cleanser best kills these...

Bacteria are microscopic single celled organisms that thrive in diverse environments. They can live within soil, in the ocean and inside the human gut. The three basic bacterial shapes are spherical, bacillus and spiral. (Aryal.S,2015) Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that spreads through inhaling...

Early observations by application of specific strains revealed that virulent pneumococci were surrounded by a structure now recognized as the capsule. The capsule played a central role in the discovery of the ‘transforming principle’ since it was using this genetic trait and this microorganism where...

Antibiotic resistance crisis is happening now and it seems like there is no solution to it yet. Everyone knows that the antibiotic resistance is elevating to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world. The antibiotics that were used to save millions of lives...

Recent studies have demonstrated phage therapy successfully treated infections caused by resistant bacteria species. Phages were effective for the elimination of food poisoning pathogenic bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni ,Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella spp. In 2006, FDA approved the use of combination of six phages...

Everything humans touch is brimming with billions of microbes. People eat at their desks, they put their bags on dining room tables, and they turn doorknobs that hundreds of other hands have touched. These things are done without a second thought, despite the fact that...

The cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria is a major cellular component responsible for maintaining the structural stability, providing a barrier to osmotic pressures, facilitating interactions with the surrounding environment and essential for its survival. These interactions in Gram-positive bacteria are facilitated by a vast array...

The Paramecium tetraurelia is an unicellular ciliate that can be found in almost any sample of still water. Paramecium tetraurelia is a widely distributed, free-living unicellular organism that feeds on bacteria and can easily be cultured in the laboratory(Beisson,et al.,1970). Its large size and complex...

Processed foods are foods that have been transformed or altered from their original form chemically or physically. From this simple definition we get to know that most of the foods we consume are processed. Not all processed foods are bad. In fact food processing make...

“ Bad breath is caused by odor-producing bacteria that grow in the mouth. When you don’t brush and floss regularly, bacteria accumulate on the bits of food left in your mouth and between your teeth. The sulfur compounds released by these bacteria make your breath...

Poverty is one of the world’s recurring and concerning issues which has affected countries, especially third-world countries, and this includes Philippines. During the first half of 2014, 25.8% of the Philippine population suffers from poverty, which decreased to 21.6% in 2015, and was then increased...

“ In 1978, genetically engineered human insulin was produced by utilizing a new technology that would hopefully produce unlimited amount of human insulin by controlling the power of tiny microorganisms. People had used bacteria to enhance their lives from a long time ago. For instance,...

Salmonella spp The immune system is constructed to defeat any bacteria that can be a threat to body. However, salmonella knows when it enters the body of the host and it can change its behaviour to deal with our immune system and to cause infection...

Introduction Plant viruses are viruses that effect on plants. Plant viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. Plant viruses are pathogenic to higher plants. Viruses also cause many important plant diseases and are responsible for huge losses in crop production and quality in all parts of the...

If you are suffering from a serious bout of athlete’s foot, it is something that you should really be taking care of immediately. Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that is caused by dermatophytes. Also known medically as tinea pedis, athlete’s foot starts as the...

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterial mycobacterial microarrophylic that the pathogenic bacteria reside selectively in the epithelium of the stomach. This bacterium is responsible for diseases such as gastric cancer, lymphoma, gastritis and gastrointestinal ulcers. H.Pylori colonization produces chronic superficial gastritis and basically all people...

In this review, we mainly focus on persistence colonization of Helicobacter pylori in the human gut. In recent times we have come across some novel strategies used by this bacterium can be a cause of prolonged existence in human or evolution with another bacterium to...